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A. L. BOUOHBR. CIGARETTE MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED MARMS, 1906.

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ARTHUR L. BOUGHER, OF NEW YORK, N. ASSIGNOR TO NEW YORK CIGARETTE MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.. A CORPORA TION OF NEW YORK.

CIGARETTE-MACHINE- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed March 6, 1906. Serial No. 304.463.

. a citizen of the United States, and a resident 7 'vention.

of the city of New York, county of Kings, borough of Brooklyn, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine of this class with means for supplying the tip of each cigarette with a thin layer of cork, which means is entirely automatic and requires no other attention than that incidental to the general supervision of the machine. This object is accom lished by my invention, one embodiment 0 which is hereinafter described.

This application shows an independent improvement which either may or may not be placed on the same cigarette-machine as that partly shown and described in my copending application, filed of even date herewith and serially numbered 304,464.

. For a more particular description of my invention reference is to be had to the annexed drawings, forming a part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement and that part of a cigarette-machine to which it relates. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the knives for severing the cork tips. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the feed-rollers for supplying the cork to the cutters. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the paste-wheel. Fig. 7 is a detailed view showmg a portion of the means for rotating this paste-wheel. Fig. 8 is a sectional plan view of the pasting wheel and its supporting means. Fig. 9 is a rear elevation ofm in- Fig. 10 is an enlarged end e evation of a portion of my improved cork-supplying mechanism. Fig. 1 1 shows/the ratchet and one roller of the cork-feed mechanism. Fig. 12 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the cork is secured to the paper web, which subsequently envelops the tobacco of the cigarette. Fig. 13 is an enlarged cross-section showing the operation of the knives for severing the cork. Fig. 14 is a plan view of the crank'and crank-pin which drives the cork-supplying means, aportion being broken away to show the structure more clearly. Fig. 15 shows the cork-feeding mechanism. Fig. 16 is an end elevation of the crank-pin and crank-disk shown in Fig. 14.

Fig. 17 shows a portion of themechanism for pressing the cork against the paper web.

Fig. 18 shows a portion of the mechanism for feeding the cork web.

Throughout the various drawings similar reference characters designate similar parts.

For convenience a large portion of the ci arette-making machine is omitted from t e drawings of this case. It is suflicient to say that the paper web 1 (shown in Fig. 2) comes from a roll or other suitable source of supply and is preferably but not necessarily passed through the printing and bronzing mechanism, so that before this web reaches the position shown at the extreme left of Fig. 2 it is ready to have the cork tips supplied.

The web 1 passes through an adjustable A from the machine-frame. After passing through the guide 2 the web 1 next comes in contact with two rollers, the upper one, 5,

being a mere cushioned roller, which is prefe erably made of rubber and revolves on an axis 6, which has an eccentric action with the frame 7 of the machine, so that by shifting the handle 8 the roller 5 may be raised out of contact with the web whenever the cork-supplying means is not used in the machine. Immediately below the roller 5 is a second roller 9, which is not an idle roller, as is the roller 5, but is positively driven b means of a shaft 10, which passes throug the frame 7 and has a spur-gear 11 fixed thereto, which gear 11 is positively driven from the main shaft ofthe machine in a manner which will be described below and is shown in Fig. 9.

The Wheel 9 is'provided with a circular periphery, upon which are three or more raised and separated segmental ribs 12, which occupy about sixty degrees of the circumference. In the two parallel s aces between these ribs 12 rests a curved wire 13, which is supported from the lug 14 on a frame 7. This wire 13 prevents any art of the wheel 9 from coming in contact wit the web 1, except the raised segments 12.

' is rotated by the main shaft 21 of the maframe 7 of the ma chine, the particular number of gears being immaterial, provided the direction of rotation indicated by the arrows on Fig. 9 is preserved, and it is also important that the wheel 9 should have the same peripheral velocity on the faces of the segments 12 as the web 1, so that this webfwill not be injured by the action of the wheel 9'. I I

The pastin -wheel 15 revolves ma pastecup 22, whic is referably pivoted to the chine at 23 and at its other end is supported by meansof a screw 24, which is ivotally connected to thefcup at its lower endand at its u per passes throu h a lug 25 on the frame of tlie machine and is eld inposition by means of a thumb nut 26.. By this simple means the exact location of the wheel 15 is determined. This is journaled in the bosses 27 and 28 in the walls of said. cup, as fully ap ears in Fig. 6. v

The sha t 16 is made of two parts. One, 29, is provided at its inner end with a disk 30, from which protrudes a crank-pin 31, and the other part 32, on which thepinion .17 is mounted, hasa disk 33, -(see'-Fig. 7,) withv a slot'34 adapted to receive-'thepin'31. By

' this means a flexible action ismaintained between the paste roller 01" wheel 15- and the spur-gear 17. Thei -paste-roller -15 has a scraper35 near the edge, which scrapes off the suplerfluous paste from the periphery of the top of the cup 22 an the struc'tureshown in Fig. 2, an its exact location is determined by means of the capscrew 36, which runs through suitable bearings 37in the cup 22 and 38 on the scraper 35. As this is the conventional scraper'customarily used on such .wheels, a detailed description is unnecessary.

From the foregoing the o eration of the paste mechanism will be rea ily understood. Assuming the arts to be adjusted as indicated, the whee s 15 and 9 are so driven that Once in every revolution the segments 12 Come in contact with the paste-roller 15,

which carries paste from the bottom of the cup22 to the scraper and thence up to the segments 12, and the segments 12 carry the aste to the under side of the web 1 and press 1t against the cushion-roller 5, so that intermittently this web is supplied with parallel lines of paste. The wire guard 13 prevents er 15. This scraper 35 is provided in at the ri ht end of these lines of paste from comingin contact with the wheel 9.

-From the pasting mechanism the web 1 then passes under an idle roll 39, mounted on a stud 40, which is suitably supported from shown in Fig. 2. From this roller 39 the web 1 passes in the horizontal plane over the ribbed platen 41, which has two ribs 42, (shown in Fig. 10,) which ribs bear on the web between the intermittent lines of paste, so that at no time do the paste lines come in contact with the platen 41. From the platen 41 the web 1 passes through the cork-supplying means described below and then over an other idle roll 43, revolving on a stud 44,, and thence under a third idle, roll 45, which revolves on a stud 46, and thence on to the mechanism wherein the cigarette is formed. As this mechanism forms no art of my invention, it is unnecessary to escribe it further.

From the foregoing it will be understood the frame 7 of the machine and preferably as that the corksupplying means places strips machine, as above set forth. Its structure and'operation are as follows: In Fig. 9 is shown the main shaft 21. of the machine, which is suitably supported in bearings 47, which bearings are placed at'suitable intervals Conveniently located on the shaft 21 is a bevel-gear 48, which is properly secured and which meshes with a corres onding bevelear 49, fixed to the 'vertical sliaft 50, and wln'ch revolves in bearings 51 and 52, respectively. At the upper end of the shaft 50 is another bevel-gear 53, which meshes with a fourth bevel-gear 54, which is fixed to a horizontalshaft 55, journaled in suitable bearin s 56, which issupported by posts 57 from t e frame 7 of the machine, and also byvertically-disposed webs 58 and horizontally-disposed braces 59, which leave an o ening 60, in which revolves the crankp ate 61. mner end of the shaft 55 and is shown somewhat in detail in Figs. 14 and 16. This plate 61 has a diametricall -extending dovetailed able and held in place by screws 64 and is adjusted by a set-screw 65. ;A crankin 66 is slidably mounted, so as to fit in t e dovetailed slot 62, and is clam ed in position by the side 63 and is also held by set-screws 67 so that it ma be very accurately and carefully adjuste The crank-pin 66 engages a cam-block 67, which slides vertically in the mechanism is someperfect unison with the rest of the cigarette- This crank-plate 61 is fixed to the slot 62, one wall 63 0 which is made removand at its horizontally-movable carriage 68, which slides on the frame 7, as will more fully hereinafter appear. The cam-block 67 has a dovetailed edge next the crank-plate 61 and. 5 slides in corresponding grooves in the carriage 68, so that as the disk 61 rotates the cam-block 67 has a vertical movement imparted to it through the crank-pin 66, and the carriage 68 has a simultaneous horizontal movement forward and back in the direction of the feed of the web 1 and in the opposite direction. The cam-block 67 has 'a camgroove 69 located on the face at the left of Fig. '1, which groove is given a peculiar shape in that it is vertical throughout the greater portion of its length, as shown in Fig. 13, and its lower end makes a turn of about forty-five degrees toward the crank-plate 61. The pintle 70 is adjustably mounted, by means of a slot-and-bolt connection, in the vertical lever 71, which lever is fulcrumed at its lower end on a horizontally-disposed shaft 72, to which this lever is fixed. The shaft 72 is journaled in horizontally'disposed lugs 73, integral with the carriage 68. A short arm 74 C{projects from the shaft 72 immediately un er the cam-block 67 and extends a short distance toward the front of the machine, where it is pivoted to the movableclamp 75 by means of a suitable pin 76. The clamp 75 is provided at its'front edge with a knifeblade 77, secured by suitable cap-screws 78, and it also has a horizontal portion or table 79, surmounted by a rubber cushion 80, on which rests a thin steel plate Extending u wardly from the table 79 are-guides 81, whic rest in the vertically-disposed slots 82 in the horizontally-disposed guide-brackets 83. These guide-brackets 83 are parallel to the lugs 73 and are preferably bolted 'to the vertical face of the carriage 68. They are also extended at their lower and outer edges to form a fixed and horizontal platen 84, with a vertical web 85, to which is secured the stripper 86. This is held in position by capscrews 87 and allowed a slight sliding movement against the action of the spring 88. The lower surface of the platen 84 is also provided with a knife 89, held by screws 89. The cam-block 67 is also provided on the face opposite the groove with a pin 90 near its upper and forward corner. This pin 90 engages a slot in the end of the lever 91, which is fulcrumed at 92 to an arm 93, which projects 5 from the vertical frame of the carrEa e 68.

At its other end the lever 91 is provide with a slot 94, in which is adjustably mounted a pivot-pin 95,'which may be fixed at any point in the slot in the customary manner. A link 96 engages said pivot-pin at its upper end lower end is similarly connected by means of an adjustably-mounted pivotin 97, to a rocker-arm 98, which oscillates oosely on a shaft 99. Fixedly moun ed on said shaft 99 is a ratchet 100, which is engaged by a spring-pressed pawl 101, pivoted on. the rocker-arm 98, as indicated in Fig. 11.

The feed-wheel 102 is provided with a rubber face 103 on its outer periphery. Immediately above the feed-wheel 102 is a smaller and similar wheel 104, loosely mounted on a shaft 105. Both the shafts 99 and 105 are mounted to rotate freely in standards 106, which standards are fixed to the horizontal portion of the carriage 68.

To the vertical web of the carriage 68, as shown in Fig. 10, is secured a vertical standard 107 by means of a bolt 108 or other suitable means. At the upper end of the standard 107 is a long and transversely-mounted bearing 109, as shown in Fig. 2, through which runs the spindle 110 to a spool 111, which is preferably loosely mounted on said spindle and free to turn thereon. A thumbnut 112 secures this spool 111 in its proper position. A cork web 113 is wound on the spool 111 in the usual manner. This cork web is composed of a long sheet of very thin cork secured to thin paper to give it the re uisite strength and for no other purpose.

ecured to the standard 107 is a wire 114, secured by a cross-piece 115 and screws 116. This wire 114 is bent so as to lean slightly toward the spool 111 and near its upper extremity is bent so as to be parallel to the spindle 110 and over the spool 111, as shown in Fig. 9. Loosely mounted on the wire 114 is a metal band 117, which is free to revolve on said wire at its upper end and at its lower is provided with a weight 118. tion of this band 117 and weight 118 is to rest on the cork web 113 and prevent the same from being unwound too rapidly from the spool 111. The standard 107 is also provided with are secured to said standard in any suitable way, as by a screw 120, and between the wires 119 the cork web 113 is passed. The function of these wires 119 is to keep the cork web 113 clear of the cam-block 67, which is necessarily somewhat greasy because of its structure and functions. The lower wire 119 is preferably provided with a flat web 119, which extends over the camblock 67, as indicated in Fig. 13.

From thewires 119 the web 113 passes to the grippers 121. These grippers are so arranged as to grip the cork web when in their rearmost position and feed this web forward in an exact and predetermined manner and The func-' two parallel wires 119, which LOO then release the same and return'to their spring-pressed by a coiled spring 123 on the against a set-collar 124.

in which is swung,

fulcrum-pin 92, which spring also rests The standard 122 has an upper section 122*, adjustably connected to the lower part by slots and screws 122. Fixed to the upper end of the section 122 and extending over and parallel to the pivot or fulcrum 9.2 is the lower stirrup 125, as shown in Fig. 18, the upper stirrup 126, which is pivoted on the bar 127. The stirrup 126 has a crank 128 extending upwardly and clear of the section 122 and engages the arm 122 by means of a crankin 129. The arm 122 has a stop 130 on its out edge, which is adapted to engage the front edge of the section 122".

The operation of the grippers 121 is as follows: Assuming it to be in its rearward position, the arm 122, acting throughthe'crank 128 and pin 129, draws the standard 122 forward and at the same time causes the web 113 to be caught and positively held between the stirrups 125 and 126. This grip continues until the forward end of the feed is reached and the rearward movement of the arm 122 begun, when the stop 130 engages the standard 122 and forces it to return. The crank 128 then is turned slightly and forces the upper stirrup 126 from the lower, so'that .the web 113 is released. The spring 123 tends to prevent a too free movement of the standard 122*. The standard 122 at the limits of its movement is momentarily stationary, while the arm 122 moves sufficiently to cause either the crank 128 or stop 130 to act.

From the grippers 121 the web 113 passes I over the gu'ideway131, fixed to the standaid 93. This guideway 131 is preferably provided with flanges 133. From the guide 131 the web passes somewhat loosely, so as to avoid all tension and danger of tearing to the idle roller 134, which is mountedon a spindle 135 in suitable bearings 136, which bearings are supported by a guide-frame 137, which guide-frame preferably has flanges at each edge and has an opening or slot 138, through which extend the rollers 104 and 102, as shown in Fig. 4. From these feed-rollers 104 and 102 the trough 137 extends to. the knife-blade 86. The web 113 passes under the roll 134 along the trough 137 between the feed-rollers 104 and 102 .to and between the knives 89 and 77. I

The grippers 121 and the feed-rollers 102 and 1.04 feed the cork web 113 exactly the same amount, and this web is somewhat loose between them, so as to overcome all danger of rupture in the apparatus. The cork Web 113 is fed forward by each movement ofthe feed-rollers 102 and 104, which feed is accurately adjusted, so as to be the exactwidth of the web 1 and the mechanism is so adiusted that the knives 77 and 89 sever the cork web at the end of the feed. When the parallel intermittent paste lines in:- pressed by the segments 12 on the pastewheel 9 are over the end of the cork web, itis forced against the pastelines on the other web, whereb the severed portion of the web 113 remain 1n contact with the web 1 and then passes on, as described above. The

cutting and pressing are practically simultaneous operations.

As the web 113 is composite'initsnature,

it is formed of cork and paper, and as it is very thin and easily ruptured it is" preferable to unwind it in the manner indicated in Fig.

10, so that the corkside is in contact with the roller 102 and the paper with the roller 104, and on the spool 111 the cork is inside and the paper outside. 113 in this way all tendency to curl in the apparatus is overcome, andthe web ise'asily and accurately moved.

As the operation of themachine has been described in detail from point topoint in the foregoing, it is unnecessary to repeat here what is therein said. It issufiicient to add that the machine above described first places paste upon the mri'n' web 1 at regular intervals and then covers each of these paste lines with a thin cork sheet from'the cork Web 113 and finally presses and severs this portion against the paste lines, sothat it is firmly held on the web 1, which then passes on to the other mechanism of the/machine. The horizontal moverrent of the carriage 68 permits this severing and pasting of the severed portion of the web 113 tothe web 1 to be done during the forward movement of the web 1, Which is continuous and in no way interrupted, so that the cork is applied without in any way reducing the speed of the cigarette-machine or in any way interfering with its operation and product, except to add the cork to the product, as above described.

It is obvious that any or all of the features of my invention may be utilized in various forms, so that I d0 not regard it as lirrited to the specific structure herein shown and described, but as broad enough to cover all structures that come within the scope of the claims.

. Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a machine of the class described, means for feeding a paper web, means for feeding a cork web, and means for severing and securing the cork web to the paper web at intervals.

2. In a machine of the class described, means for feeding a paper web continuously, means for feeding a cork web intermittently, means for severing the cork Web and means for securing the corkweb to the paper web.

3. In a machine of the class described, means for feeding a paper web continuouslly, means for feeding a cork web intermittent y .By arranging the web ITS and laterally, means for severing and securing the severed sections of the cork web to the paper web.

4. In a machine of the class described, means for feeding a paper Web continuously, means for supplying the same with paste at intervals, means for feeding a cork Web intermittentl'y both transversely of the direction of movement of the paper web and also in the direction of the movement of said paper Web, means for severing and pressing said cork web against the paste on the paper web.

5. In a machine of the class described, means for feeding a paper web continuously, means for supplying said Web with parallel lines of paste running in the direction of movement of the web, means for supporting said web between said lines of paste, means for feeding a cork web intermittently both transverse to and in the direction of movement of the paper web, and means for severing and pressing said cork web against the paste-carrying parts ofsaid paper web.

6. In a machine of the class described, means for feeding a paper web, means for supplying the same at regular intervals with parallel lines of paste running in the direction of the feed of said web, means for supporting said web between the paste lines so that no paste comes in contact with the machine, means for feeding intermittently a cork web, means for severing and pressingthe same against the paste lines on said paper web.

7. In a machine of the class described, a carriage having a reciprocating movement .longitudinally of the machine, a cam-block having a vertical reciprocating movement in said carriage, cutters, a bent lever connecting said cam-block and cutters, feed mechanism, and means connecting said feed mechanism with said cam-block.

8. In a machine of the class described, a carriage having a reciprocating movement longitudinally of the machine, a cam-block mounted to reciprocate in said carriage, cutters and means for connecting them with said cam-block so as to be actuated thereby, rippers mounted on said carriage, feed-r0 lers also mounted on said c'arria e, and means connected'with said cam-bloc and'connecting said grippers and feed-rollers whereby the reciprocation of said cam-block operates the cutters, grippersand' feed-rollers in proper relation, one to another.

ciprocating carriage, a cam-block mounted to reci rocate therein, cutters, grippers and fee -rollers carried by said carriage and 9. In a machine of the class described, a remeans for operating each of them from said cam-block, and a crank for reciprocating said carriage and cam-block simultaneously.

10. In a machine of the class described, a trough pivotally mounted at one end and adjustably supported at the other, a paste- Wheel on a shaft journaled in said trough, a shaft in the frame of the machine and ad ustable connections between said shafts.

11. In a machine of the class described, a trough pivotally mounted at one end and ad j ustably supported at the other, a paste-wheel on a shaft journaled in said trough, a disk with a pin fixed to said shaft, a second shaft journaled in the frame of the machine, a disk on said second shaft and means in said disk to receive and hold the said pin.

12. In a machine of the class described, means for supporting a cork web, means for supporting grippers, and grippers composed of two stirrups, one ed to said support ng means and one pivoted thereto, actuatlng means pivotally connected to said pivoted stirrup, and a stop on said actuating means adapted to move this pivoted stirrup in one direction.

13. In a machine of the class described, a

lever, a fulcrum for said lever, an arm fixed to said lever, a standard ivoted on said fulcrum and provided wit two stlrrups, one fixed and one pivoted, means connecting the pivoted stirrup with said arm and a stop on said arm adapted to engage said standard when the arm is moved in one direction.

14. In a machine of the class described, a lever, a fulcrum for said lever, an arm fixed to said lever, a standard pivoted on said fulcrum, stirrups on said standard and means on said arm for operating'said stirrups, a link connected with said lever, a rocker-arm connected to said link and feed-rollers and means connecting said rocker-arm and feedrollers.

15. In a machine of the class described, a lever, a fulcrum for said lever, an arm fixed to said lever, a standard mounted on said fulcrum, stirrups on said standard and means on said arm for operatin said stirrups, a guide, a link, feed-rollers an means connecting said link and feed-rollers whereby they are positively driven by said link in unison with said grippers.

Signed this 25th day of February, 1906.

ARTHUR L. BoUoHER.

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